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Association of Heads of Federal Establishments gets new executive in Enugu
The Association of Heads of Federal Establishments (AHFE), Enugu State Chapter, on Tuesday elected new executive to pilot its affairs in the next three years.
Mr Emeka Nwokoro, the Zonal Director, Federal Ministry of Justice, SouthEast Zone, emerged unopposed as its Chairman.
In the election held in Enugu, Mr Augustine Musa, the Zonal Coordinator, Industrial Inspectorate Department, Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment, Enugu State was elected the Vice Chairman.
Others were Mr Onyedikachi Onovo, the Eastern District Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Eastern ,Enugu, was elected Secretary while Mr Onyeka Moses, Deputy Director, National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) South East Zonal Office, Enugu emerged as the Assistant Secretary.
Mrs Ijeoma Onyishi, Assistant Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) Enugu, was elected the Treasurer while the Curator, National Museum of Unity Enugu, Mr Aloysius Duru was elected as the Financial Secretary.
The South East Zonal Manager News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mrs Maureen Atuonwu was elected to serve as the Public Relations Officer, while Mr Kingsley Ngorka emerged as the Welfare Officer.
Mrs Nneamaka Anika, Assistant Chief State Counsel, Federal Ministry of Justice, South East Zone, Enugu, is the new Legal Adviser of the Association.
All the officers were elected unopposed.
In his acceptance speech, Nwokoro thanked members for the confidence reposed in him and pledged that with the support of everyone, he was ready to take the Association to higher heights.
Earlier, the former chairperson, Mrs Lucy Ijetta, in her valedictory speech, urged new executives of AFHE to partner with the State Government to better the living standards of the people.
Ijetta, who is the State Director of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Enugu thanked the members for their support and cooperation.
She listed some of her achievements within the last four years to include, completion and furnishing of the Association’s Secretariat Building in Enugu, increasing the membership of the association.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko Market on the Asaba-Onitsha Road.
The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka on Thursday, said that the woman was hit while she was crossing the road.
He said that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a commercial tow truck with registration number XA550BMA.
“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the truck was towing a vehicle in an uncontrollable speed along the axis.
“The vehicle that was being towed got detached from the tow truck.
“It hit and killed a female adult, who was said to be crossing the road, while the tow truck continued its movement.
“FRSC rescue team came to the scene and took the woman to Toronto Hospital, Onitsha, where she was confirmed dead and her body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.
While sympathising with the family of the dead, the sector commander urged motorists, especially tow truck drivers, to exercise a high level of professionalism.
He also urged the drivers to always use standard equipment and avoid speeding.
The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector.
Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
“We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February from the Lagos State government as palliative to cushion the effect of high feed prices.
“The major benefit of the palliative is that it actually cushioned the cost of production for most poultry farmers in the state.
“The palliative was beneficial as it made the cost of some poultry produce, especially eggs to drop,” Iyiola said.
He noted that prior to the palliative, a crate of egg was sold between N3,500 and N3,700 at the farm gate, but after the palliative, it now sells between N3,200 and N3,400.
According to the PAN chair, retailers and middlemen who sell from N3,800 to N4,200 do that for their personal gain.
“We have urged our members to sell their eggs at reasonable prices following the receipt of the palliative from the government.
“We appreciate the Lagos State government for the palliative but we also urge the federal government to do likewise, to further reduce the cost of production in the sector.
“This will consequently lead to drop in the prices of all poultry produce across board,” he said.
He said the palliative was shared among financial members of the association at no extra cost.
“As an association we shared the grains equally across PAN’s eight zones in the state equally. We also mandated each zone not the sell even a grain of the maize.
“We, however, considered new poultry farmers who wanted to the join the association as beneficiaries of the palliative,” said Iyiola.
He noted that through the palliative, more poultry farmers were recruited into the association.
“The maize was shared only to poultry farmers and not feed millers, it is the major component of poultry feed formulation,” he said.
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